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By PHUBIEYAS AHMAD KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 — Egyptian date producer Pyramisr for Agri Industry is seeking more Malaysian distributors as it expands beyond whole dates into new date-based products. Internal Audit and Global Marketing Manager Magdy Talaat told TNS News at the Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) today that the company began exporting to Malaysia…
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH & PHUBIEYAS AHMAD KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — Malaysian companies began one-on-one meetings with about 450 buyers from 58 economies today as the Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) opened at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC). MATRADE chairman Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican described the International Sourcing Programme (INSP)…
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 – The renewed pressure on Bursa Malaysia following the US Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate increase in more than three years reflects a global repricing of capital rather than a deterioration in Malaysia’s economic fundamentals, according to Juwai IQI Global Chief Economist Shan Saeed. Malaysian financial…
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (TNS NEWS) – The next global oil shock may not begin with crude. It may begin inside the world’s refineries. Diesel refining margins have exploded to record levels across Europe and the United States, exposing a critical weakness in the global energy system: having crude…
BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 – Malaysia should use Budget 2027 to make the decisive transition from economic resilience to productive expansion, channelling its stronger growth momentum into infrastructure, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, energy security, human capital and higher-value private investment while preserving fiscal discipline. That is the central prescription from Shan…
